HP-UX Reference (11i v3 07/02) - 1 User Commands A-M (vol 1)

host(1) host(1)

(BIND 9.3)

The type values are case-insensitive.

When the -t option is omitted, host

automatically selects an appropriate query type. By

default, it looks for

A records, but if the

-C option is given, queries are made for SOA records. If

the

name operand is an IPv4 or IPv6 address,

host queries for PTR records.

For a query type of

IXFR, you can specify the starting serial number by appending an equals

sign followed by the starting serial number (for example,

-t IXFR=12345678).

-v Generate verbose output.

-W wait Set the time to wait for a reply to wait seconds. If wait is less than 1, the wait interval is set to

-w Effectively wait forever for a reply. The time to wait for a response is set to the number of

seconds given by the hardware’s maximum value for an integer quantity.

Operands

name The domain name that is to be looked up. It can also be an IPv4 or IPv6 address, in which case

host will, by default, perform a reverse lookup for that address.

server The name or IP address of the name server that host should query. The default is the server

or servers listed in /etc/resolv.conf

EXAMPLES

Using a host name:

$ host example.com

example.com has address 192.0.34.166

Using an IP address:

$ host 192.0.34.166

166.34.0.192.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer www.example.com.

AUTHOR

dnssec-signzone was developed by the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC).

FILES

/etc/resolv.conf